Big allinanchor changes
Large companies thrust to the top of the SERPsSandbox update
Lowering of sandbox threshold - re-sandboxing
Too fast link accumulation - links acquired too quickly
Deeper sandbox (longer - over 6 months)
Some suggest that one's site really had to be online before
January 2004, in order to avoid all ramifications of the
sandbox.

To RANK WELL (in the Panda
update),Google Search wants to see
VERY FEW ADS,
especially at the top of a page.

USER EXPERIENCE is
paramount.

To MAKE MONEY,Google AdSense wants you to use 3 ad units, 3 link
units, and 2 search units on every page. Elevendy-seven ads
aren't going to help you, if your page doesn't rank, because
it has TOO MANY ADS!

REVENUE MAXIMIZATION is
paramount.

The other dichotomy -
Google Webmaster Tools strongly advises to speed
up page load time, by eliminating javascript and
"lookups".Such as Analytics, the Ads and Google+

Google also advises using Google Analytics. This advice
conflicts with Google Webmaster Tools, which suggests that
speed is everything.

REVENUE MAXIMIZATION is
paramount.

It remains to be seen, just how
Google is going
to resolve these profound conflicts of interest.
For every question, I always use the "logic
test".

Would it be logical for Google,
to rank websites near the top,
if those websites are serving AdSense ads?

YES. Are they doing it now? Most certainly, for eHow,
which makes Google millions.
Will they do it for others in the future?

eHow, an AdSense-prominent content farm, has
not only escaped Panda, they have been rewarded.

eHow is owned by Demand Media, who have been accused of
creating the ultimate MFA (Made-For-AdSense) web pages.

If revenue maximization is paramount,
is this not inevitable, at some point?
It would be "common sense", if maximizing shareholder value
is the primary objective.

Is AdSense money corrupting the Internet, just as lobbyist
money has completely corrupted our congress?
Are we going to end up with only mega-MFA sites on page one
of the SERPs?

Would it be logical for Google,
to rank websites near the top,
if those websites are
NOT serving AdSense ads?

NO.
On the other hand, it would be logical to avoid this
accusation, which is easily measurable.
BUT, there is no money in it.
Is Google going to populate the top of their SERPs with
websites that run Bing ads exclusively?
Now, THAT is not logical. It would be dumb.

THE GOOGLE SANDBOXThe sandbox is alive and
well.In March 2004, Google
implemented a new filter, now referred to as "The Sandbox".
This new "effect" took months to notice and quantify.

The sandbox is also referred to as an "aging delay". Two
aging delays have been suggested - one for link weight, and
one for competitive term ranking.

The sand box only applies to highly COMPETITIVE terms,
revolving around money, such as the words attorney, loans,
viagra, real estate, etc. The more lucrative the keyword,
the longer the wait.

Yahoo has a sandbox, as well. Opinion seems to indicate that
the Yahoo aging delay is not quite as long as the Google
Aging Delay.
Yahoo does seem to provide an initial boost, that will
disappear after about 4 weeks.

MSN appears to have no sandbox. New sites with new pages,
targeting competitive terms, can rank well very quickly
(weeks) for those terms.

HOW IT WORKSIf you subscribe to the spam
reduction theory, Google's thinking was, NO NEW SITES get
good ranking, until they prove themselves.
Spammers generate thousands of new pages daily, along with
millions of new links to go with them. This penalty is
new-site based. Long-standing sites have no trouble ranking
new pages.

Link Weight Aging
DelayGoogle WITHHOLDS "link juice"
on new sites, by deprecating the new links, for 2-8 months.
If the domain and backlinks have existed for a certain
length of time (6 months?), then maybe you are OK, and
escape from the sandbox.
Over time, the newly generated links are given weight, and
eventually the sandbox effect is
lifted.

Competitive Term
Aging DelayGoogle WITHHOLDS high ranking
ability on new sites, for highly commercial keywords, such
as loans, real estate, viagra, etc.
Eventually, the new site will rank well for the competitive
keywords, and the sandbox effect is lifted. Six months is
mentioned most frequently.
SOLUTIONSTwo methods are currently being
used to get around the Sandbox penalty for new sites.

One method is to join the Google Ad Words or Adsense
program, in which case your pages get spidered in MINUTES.
Your site will be checked initially with an algo or human
"smell test". If you smell good, you're in. Good rankings
will follow (provided of course, that you have good on-page
SEO, and a few good backlinks).

I speculate that if you are a Google partner ("approved"),
then you are not going to be penalized, unless you
subsequently "go bad".

The second method is to buy an old domain, just for it's
longevity, and old backlinks. Many have bought up old domain
names for this purpose. This may work right now, but the
rules will soon change again. They always do.
Good luck!

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